While I Was Gone, Part 2: US Health
Peter Zeihan
5 min
The US bioweapons defense system has stopped because mRNA technology allows rapid production, but a freak show running HHS prevents effective response. The United States is now basically sitting in a box, digging itself into a hole and not even looking out for future threats.
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Donald Trump
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RFK Jr. Downgrades Vaccines and Purges CDC
Robert Kennedy Jr. has downgraded most vaccines, specifically the COVID vaccine, stating they are no longer recommended for most Americans except those at risk. Doctors who do not follow HHS recommendations will lose state certification for things like insurance. The director of the Center for Disease Control was fired, leaving senior staff with medical credentials gone. The CDC is now staffed with people who have no medical experience and are driven by conspiracy theories. A direct clash is setting up between HHS, the CDC, and the medical community writ large. The health implications force doctors to choose between being politically correct and actually providing medical care. Denigrating vaccines, which were the single largest cause of increased American health system capacity, will have catastrophic outcomes. This issue has graduated from purely health or politics into the area of national security. mRNA vaccines are described as a digital vaccine technology that is less than a decade old. Traditional vaccines grow virus in egg yolk medium, while mRNA digitally manufactures a molecule to interfere with specific virus sites.
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2:35
mRNA Production Speed Advantage
mRNA molecules can be designed in days and brought to large-scale production in weeks. All bioweapons defense systems have stopped because the US cannot produce enough vaccine quickly to combat identified enemy pathogens.
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3:37
Federal Health Authorities Non-Functional
Federal health authorities are now non-functional and contributing to healthcare problems rather than mitigating them. All cooperation with international medical communities was severed earlier in this administration. The US is sitting in a box, digging itself into a hole and not looking out for future threats. The speaker concludes that the current situation is simply not good.
Key points
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Robert Kennedy Jr. has downgraded most vaccines, specifically the COVID vaccine, saying they are no longer recommended for use for most Americans
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Doctors who decide to buck HHS recommendations will no longer have state certification for things like insurance
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The director of the Center for Disease Control was let go, leaving all senior staff with medical credentials gone
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Robert Kennedy Jr. is now staffing the world's premier disease prevention entity with people who have basically no medical experience
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We are now setting up for a direct clash between HHS and the CDC and the medical community writ large
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The health implications are dire by making doctors choose between being politically correct and actually providing medical care
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Denigrating vaccines which have been the single largest cause of the increase in the American health system for the last century is going to have some catastrophic outcomes
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This issue has now graduated into the area of national security
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mRNA vaccines are what you might call a digital vaccine that was the backbone of what happened with COVID
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With mRNA, you can design your molecule in a matter of days and bring it in for large-scale production in a matter of weeks
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The federal health authorities in the United States have basically become non-functional and now are contributing to America's health care problems
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Donald Trump 1
President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
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